End-gate for hog-racks.



wwml J. H. DILLS'.

END GATE FOR HOG RACKS.

I APPLICATION FILED 050. I9. 1914.

Patented June 20, 1916.

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ATTORNEY I THE COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH cm, WASHINUT ON, D- C.

J. H. DILLS.

EN D GATE FOR HOG RACKS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-19, 1914.

Patented June 20, 1916.

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PATENT FFTfiE.

JOSEPH H. BILLS, OF SIOUX CITY, IO'W'A.

END-GATE FUR HOG-BACKS.

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnri-I H. DILLS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Sioux City, in the county of Woodbury and State ofIowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in End-Gates forHog-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to end-gates for hog-racks. s

The invention has for its primary object the production of an improvedend-gate obviating the use of the usual tie-rods,

Another object of the invention is the production in a device of thisclass of improved operating means.

A still further obj set is the production of a device of this classinexpensive in production and highly eiiicient in operation.

With these and other objects in view, the invention, consisting in theconstruction, combination and novel arrangement of parts, will be fullyunderstood from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application and in which likecha actors of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, of which,-

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a hog-rack equipped withan endgatc constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2 is anenlarged rear elevation of one side of the same, the bed-board andlock-keeper being shown in section and other parts cut away; Fig. 8 is aplan of Fig. 2; Fig. i is an enlarged perspective view of one of theflanged slides; Fig. 5 is a similar view of one of the groovedslide-retainers; Fig. 6 is an inner elevation of one of the lockkeepers;Fig. 7 is a rear elevation of the same; Fig. 8 is a vertical section ofthe same; Fig. 9 is an inner elevation of one of the lock-bolt-guides;Fig. 10 is a rear elevation of the same; and Fig. 11 is a verticalsection of the same inclosing the lock-bolt.

Although I have illustrated and herein described the preferredembodiment of the invention, I would not be understood as being limitedto the specific structure chosen for illustration, for variousalterations and modifications in the details of construction andarrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention as defined in the appended claim; and althoughthe device of my invention finds its principal use as an end-gateSpecification of Letters Patent. Pat- 5 1 mm} Jung 2Q), 1916,.

Application. filed December 19, 191 1.

Serial No. 878,054.

for a hog-rack, still it may be employed to great advantage as a gatefor other closures or pens.

The gate is particularly adapted for brooding pens, inasmuch as it canbe conveniently set at a position to permit the pigs to enter and leavethe pen at will, and still prevent the exit of the sow.

The invention contemplates, broadly, a structure including an inclosurehaving an opening therein and a gate for the opening movable verticallythereof. The sides of the gate are armed with parts which slidably 00-act with members carried by the adjacent edges of the inclosure.

When employed upon a hog-rack, this novel construction prevents lateralmove ment of the sides of the rack and thus supplants the usualtie-rods. Novel operating means are also presented which securely lockthe rack to the wagon-bed when the gate is closed.

Referring now to the illustrations, 12 represent the usual side membersof the bed secured upon the customary cross-members, 13, by brace rods,The floor boards are shown at 15. The rack includes the familiarlongitudinal boards, 16, secured to posts, 17 adapted for inclosure bysockets, 18, mounted on the side members of the bed.

The end-gate comprises horizontal bars, 19, secured to the forward sideof uprights, 20. The sides of the gate are clad with flanged strips,preferably T-irons, the edges of the webs of which, 21, embrace the endsof the cross-bars 19 and are suitably secured to the latter as by strapsor plates, 22, riveted to the irons and cross-bars. The flanges, 23, ofthe T-irons are slidably engaged within grooves, 24:, in strips, 25,firmly secured to the inner sides of the rack bars 16. The uppermostends of the flanges 23 are bent outwardly, as at 26, to engage the endsof the channel strips and support the gate a sufiicient distance abovethe floor whereby its operation will not be obstructed by accumulationsof material upon the floor.

On the rear of the end-gate is a lever, 27 fulcrumed near its lower endupon a suitable bearing, 28, mounted between the two lower cross-bars.Oppositely disposed lateral rods, 29, ar secured to the lever onopposite sides of its pivotal point, and are slidably engaged withinguide blocks, 30, resting upon the lower crossbar and provided with cars31, which are secured to the opposite c embedded in the sid members ofthe rack bed and preferably comprising plates, 34, having side flanges,35, disposed transverse'ly of the rack and spaced sufficiently of thegate.

to admit the lock-bolts. The plates are formed with'inner shoulders, 36,engaged by the lock-bolts to prevent upward movement The keepers aresecured Within m'ortices, 37, in the bed members by bolts, 38, whichpass through the bed members and serve also to secure the braces, 14:. A

sharpened lug, 39, depending from the plate of the lock-keeper isadapted to be driven into the bed member of the rack.- The flanges ofthe keepers extend a distance above the bed members andengage notches,L0, in the lower inner corners of the channeled strips 25 thus aiding inpreventing inward displacement of the-sldes of the rack.

The lever 27 preferably of spring material, tends to spring rearwardlyand shdably engages the forward side of a horizontal gu de strip, 41,mounted in spaced relation to and upon oneof the cross bars and isformed with a rear ofiset,'-12. By virtue of this construction it isclear that the'lock-bolts may be withdrawn by movement of the lever andthus permit vertical movement of the endgate. The gate is supportedinopen position by engagement'oi' the lock-bolts within depressions, orpockets, 43, in the upper portions of the groovedslides 25.

I1": desired to leave the gate unlocked, as

When removing or mounting the gate, the lever is moved sufliciently tospring into the ofl'-set portion 42 of the lever guide.

It will be observed that the side members of the rack are securelylocked to the wagon bed when the oil-set ends of the T-irons are inengagement with the grooved strips and. the lock bolts are engagedwithin their keepers.

Having thus de'scrlbed my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is,-

The combination with a wagon-bed having side-boards, and an inclosuremounted upon the wagon-bed and including side members and an end-gate,of channeled strips secured to the side members, flanged uprightssecured to the sides of the endgate and slidably incloscd by thechanneled strips, inwa-rdly-yieldable lock-bolts mounted on the end-gateand extending beyond the side edges thereof, lock-bolt keepers embeddedin the side-boards and including plates having side flanges andshoulders to engage the lock-bolts to prevent vertical movement of theend-gate, the flanges being extended abovethe side-boards, the loweredges of the outer sides of the channeled strips being supported by theplates and the sides of the channeled strips being cut away to rest uponthe flanges of the plates, and means for withdrawing the lockbolts.

Tn testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH H. DILLS'. Witnesses C. MnmoN HIoKs, M. S. GRANDALL.

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